Finalist in the My Finland Poster 2020 contest! In the words of the artist: My summer Helsinki is made up of several pieces. The poster shows the contrasts between nature and urban culture, which in Helsinki support each other instead of excluding each other. In my work I also wanted to give the viewer room […]
Finnish Travel Poster of the year 2020, 5th place! The artist presents her artwork: The poster is drawn digitally in Photoshop. I used the colors of Helsinki’s coat of arms; blue, yellow (gold), white (silver) and ruby red. Blue + yellow was used to color the birch leaf, red + yellow was used for the […]
Finnish Travel Poster of the year 2020, 4th place! I designed this poster with Photoshop. When I’ve visited Helsinki for a few times, an attractive building always grab my attention when I walk by. The days of Helsinki were always very fulfilling and delicious. In my poster I wanted to include some humour. So I […]
Finnish Travel Poster of the year, 2020, 3rd place! The artist presents her artwork: My poster was inspired by autumn walks on the seashores of the Töölö neighborhood where the amazing Sibelius monument is located. The poster combines vector illustrations with vintage paper textures. Surely travel posters can’t simply remain a cry from the past? […]
Finalist in the travel poster contest My Finland Poster 2019 The artist presents her artwork: The core idea in my Come to Saimaa poster Uimarit (translated as “swimmers”) is the balance between the nature of Saimaa and the human being. In the illustration the Saimaa ringed seal swims with the person right under the surface, […]
Finalist in the travel poster contest My Finland Poster 2019 The artist presents his artwork: The poster is largely inspired by my experience on a lake behind a student dormitory during my student life in Stockholm. Winter in Scandinavian countries may be regarded as a cold and dark season which is not very appreciated generally, […]
4th place, Finnish travel poster of the year, 2019! The artist presents his artwork: I remember being in Saimaa once or twice when I was a kid. Otherwise my connection to Saimaa is pretty shallow. When I started creating ideas for my poster I knew that I wanted to make it simple but beautiful. To […]
5th place, Finnish travel poster of the year, 2019! The artist presents her artwork: My poster is inspired by a bike ride from Mikkeli to Savonlinna. I made the trip with a friend of mine, and the day was so warm and beautiful so we just had to stop in Sulkava for a refreshing dip. […]
Runner-up: Finnish travel poster of the year, 2019 The artist presents his poster: The poster illustrates a lovely autumn scenery of Saimaa lake. It is inspired by the enjoyable journey that I had from Lappeenranta to Taipalsaari by cycling. Throughout the journey, I was impressed by the vast lake, the maze of islands, the colourful […]
3rd place, Finnish travel poster of the year, 2019! The artist presents her artwork: My poster was drawn in Adobe Illustrator. I find a lot of inspiration through nature and Scandinavian aesthetics, and the shape of Lake Saimaa itself served as the vision for my poster. The natural bays, sounds and capes formed over thousands […]
Winner, My Finland Poster 2019! Lake Saimaa – A place to reflect was selected as the travel poster of the year 2019. The artist presents her artwork: My poster was made by combining traditional art and digital techniques. The trees and moon are hand drawn, painted and cut out then scanned to Photoshop where I […]
The German illustrator, glass artist and professor Alfred Mahlau (1894-1967) surely had an idea about what the Europeans wanted from Finland. In this poster it is obvious: We will lure them in with pristine nature – and a sense of design. Note that Alfred knew this already back in 1929.
Erik Bruun (born 1926) is a merry rascal whom everyone gets along with. He is the grand old man of poster art in Finland and the question is if anyone else has done more than he has to attract travelers to Finland. In Bruun’s posters one can always sense his typical tongue in cheek attitude, […]
Surely travel posters can’t simply remain a cry from the past? Absolutely not. We live in a completely visual world where the picture is stronger than ever. That’s why the following question hit us: How would contemporary artists depict Finland of today? We could not let that thought go, so since 2016 we continuously arrange […]
Finalist in the ”Come to Ostrobothnia” poster contest, 2016! The artist presents her work: My home is in a small Ostrobothian village from where I took the inspiration for my Come to Finland poster. Dancing the tango into the small hours on a magic summer night is a common occurrence, and if you are lucky […]
The artist presents her poster: My father was originally from the Kainuu region and as a child I spent a large part of my vacations there, swimming and snowboarding and hanging out with my cousins. I’ve also done two bike trips in the area and thoroughly enjoyed cycling up and down the steep hills that […]
In the 1930s Finland started to realize what the tourists really wanted. They wanted something truly exotic: They wanted peace and nature. One of the people who actively contributed to spreading the message about Finland being a nature paradise was the Swedish graphic designer and artist Ingrid Högström-Bade (1908–1989). This poster were originally commissioned by […]
Surely travel posters can’t simply remain a cry from the past? Absolutely not. We live in a completely visual world where the picture is stronger than ever. That’s why the following question hit us: How would contemporary artists depict Finland of today? We could not let that thought go, so since 2016 we continuously arrange […]
